| 23:1 | And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him to Pilate. |
| 23:2 | And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this [fellow] perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. |
| 23:3 | And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest [it]. |
| 23:4 | Then said Pilate to the chief priests and [to] the people, I find no fault in this man. |
| 23:5 | And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee to this place. |
| 23:6 | When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man was a Galilaean. |
| 23:7 | And as soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. |
| 23:8 | And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he had been for a long time, desirous to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him. |
| 23:9 | Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. |
| 23:10 | And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. |
| 23:11 | And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. |
| 23:12 | And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. |
| 23:13 | And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, |
| 23:14 | Said to them, Ye have brought this man to me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined [him] before you, have found no fault in this man concerning those things of which ye accuse him: |
| 23:15 | No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done to him. |
| 23:16 | I will therefore chastise him, and release [him]. |
| 23:17 | (For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) |
| 23:18 | And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this [man], and release to us Barabbas: |
| 23:19 | (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) |
| 23:20 | Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. |
| 23:21 | But they cried, saying, Crucify [him], crucify him. |
| 23:22 | And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let [him] go. |
| 23:23 | And they were insistent with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. |
| 23:24 | And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. |
| 23:25 | And he released to them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. |
| 23:26 | And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear [it] after Jesus. |
| 23:27 | And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, who also bewailed and lamented him. |
| 23:28 | But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. |
| 23:29 | For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed. |
| 23:30 | Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. |
| 23:31 | For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? |
| 23:32 | And two others, who were malefactors, were led with him to be put to death. |
| 23:33 | And when they had come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. |
| 23:34 | Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. |
| 23:35 | And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them mocked [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God. |
| 23:36 | And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, |
| 23:37 | And saying, If thou art the king of the Jews, save thyself. |
| 23:38 | And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 23:39 | And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou art Christ, save thyself and us. |
| 23:40 | But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? |
| 23:41 | And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. |
| 23:42 | And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. |
| 23:43 | And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. |
| 23:44 | And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. |
| 23:45 | And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the midst. |
| 23:46 | And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. |
| 23:47 | Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. |
| 23:48 | And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. |
| 23:49 | And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. |
| 23:50 | And, behold, [there was] a man named Joseph, a counsellor; [and he was] a good man, and a just: |
| 23:51 | (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) [he was] of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. |
| 23:52 | This [man] went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. |
| 23:53 | And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, where man was never before laid. |
| 23:54 | And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. |
| 23:55 | And the women also, who came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. |
| 23:56 | And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested on the sabbath according to the commandment. |
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